Fastening fob



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. WATROUS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

FASTENING FOR BEDSTEAD-DRAPERY.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 24,837, dated July 19, 1859.

T o all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. IVATRoUs, of Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead- Drapery F astenings; and I do hereby declare that the same-is described and represented in the following specification and drawings, and to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same I will proceed to describe its construction, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this improvement consists in making a. shield case with a hook made or secured to either the back of the case or to the case proper, without a back, so that a link sewed to the drapery, it may be inserted into the case from the under side onto the hook, thereby affording ready means of attaching or detaching the drapery to or from the bedstead and at the same time is ornamental in its appearance when arranged on the bed-stead.

In the accompanying drawings Figure'l is a. face view. Fig. 2 is a sectional edge view. Figs. 3 and 4 are also a face and sectional edge view vshowing a modification in the mode of manufacture.

In Figs. l and Q, A is a raised metal case secured onto a flat piece of metal B, which projects each side of the case A and having holes made for screws, nails, &c., for fastening them to the bed-stead.

' C is a hook secured to the back plate B, and the same object is also accomplished by securing it (the hook) to the inside of the case, and dispensing with the back, by simply reversing the position of the hook.

D is a loop, link, or ring secured to the drapery, thereby affording quick and ready means of attaching or detaching the drapery to or from the bedstead.

Figs. 3 and 4 represent a modification (which I propose to adopt if it shall be thought, upon further experiment to be best,) which is all made of one piece of metal. The blank is first punched out of the required shape, then the hook portion E is cut in the blank (and may be cutof such a ligure as to leave the case ornamented thereby) so as that it may be turned in ward, and thus forming the hook as shown at E. By this method it is supposed that the article can be made much cheaper, equally good and useful, and as highly ornamental.

I believe I have thus described my im provement as to enable a workman skilled to make the same, and so that its advantage over others now in use must be clearly apparent therefrom.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- A new manufacture, as a new and improved article of manufacture a drapery fastening const-ructed of a case A hook C link D Fig. 1 substantially as and for the purpose described.

GEORGE W. VATROUS.

Witnesses THEO. M. LINCOLN, JEREMY W. BLISS. 

